Mountelgonia lumbuaensis is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the Mau Forest complex in the south-western highlands of Kenya. The habitat consists of both wet and dry Afromontane forest at high altitudes.
| Mountelgonia lumbuaensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Metarbelidae |
| Genus: | Mountelgonia |
| Species: | M. lumbuaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mountelgonia lumbuaensis Lehmann, 2013
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The wingspan is about 24 mm.
Etymology edit
The species is named after Lumbua, Kenya.[1]
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